Philip Rapp

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Philip Rapp (March 26, 1907 – January 23, 1996) was a film and television director and screenwriter. He wrote for Eddie Cantor and, for a brief period, wrote film scripts for Danny Kaye. Rapp was the creator of Baby Snooks and The Bickersons.^[1] He died on January 23, 1996, in Beverly Hills, California.

Rapp was a writer, director, and producer, and he directed a popular long-running radio series called The Battling Bickersons. He introduced the Baby Snooks character for Fanny Brice of the Ziegfeld Follies.

He also directed episodes of the television series Topper.

• Star Time (1950–1951)
• Topper (1 episode, 1954)
• The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (8 episodes, 1956–1959)

• The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (9 episodes, 1956–1959)

• Strike Me Pink (1936)
• Start Cheering (1938)
• Wonder Man (1945)
• Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
• The Inspector General (1949)
• Topper (19 episodes, 1954–1955)
• The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (8 episodes, 1956–1959)
• Wild and Wonderful (1964)
• My Favorite Martian (1 episode, 1965)

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• Philip Rapp discography at Discogs

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